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How  to  tell  the  Birds 
from  the  Flowers. 


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How  To  Tdl THInc  BiflA 


A  Manual  of  Florrtithology 

5 or  Beginners. 


Verses  and  Illustrations  • 


B«j  Kpbert  Williams  Wool. 


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CopyRisht  1907 

By 
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The  Bird The  Burdock. i. 

The  Clover The  Plover 2. 

The  Crow The  Crocus 3. 

The  Rue The  Rooster 4 

The  Parrot The  Carrot 5 

The  Pea The  Peu/ee 6. 

ThePelican The  Panicle 7 

The  Hen The  Lichen 8. 

The  Hawk The  Hollyhock 3. 

The  Cow  Bird The  Coo/ slip 10, 

A  Sparrer Asparagus \\t 

The  Tern The  Turnip 12. 

The  Ole  Gander The  Oleander 14, 

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The  Rue  Mountain  Lory :  The  BlueMorning  Glory  15. 

The^uaU- TheKate.... 16. 

The  Pecan The  Toucan J7. 

TheAuk The  Orchid 18. 

The  Cat-bird The  Catnip 20. 

The  Ibis The  'Ibiscus 21. 

The  Butter-ball The  Buttercup 22. 

The  JSay The  {Tau 23. 

The  Pipe --The  Snipe 24-. 

The  Roc The  Shamrock. ...is. 

The  Lark The  Larkspur 26. 

The  Puffin Muffin 27 

Authors    Apology 28. 


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The  Bird  and  the  Burdock. 

Who  is  there  who  has  never  heard, 
About  the  Burdock  and  the  Bird? 
find,  yet  how  very  very  j'eu/, 
Discriminate  between  the  two, 
While  even  Mr.  Burbank  can't 
Transform  a  Bird  into  a  Plant! 


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TheCloveE  The  Plover. 

The  Plover  and  the  Clover  call  be  told 

apart  with  ease, 

By  pay  ins  close  attention  to  the 

habits  of  the  Bees, 

for  ento-molo-3'tsts  aver, the  Bee 

can  be  in  Clover, 

While  etij-molo-£tsts  concur, there 

is  no  B  in  Tlover. 
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The  Cr@ 


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Some  are  un^bief  as  you.  Xnouu, 
To  tell  the    CrOCUS  $rom  the  CroiU; 
TKe  reason  tuhy  Is  just  because 
They  are  not  versed  in  .Matures  lau/s. 
The  noisy, cauunjs  Crows  all  come, 
Obedient  to  the  Cro'custom, 

A  tarse  Crow  Caw-cus  to  convoke. 
You  never  hear  the  Crocus  croak! 


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Tb©Rw©-  The  Rooster. 


Of  Rooster  the  rudiment  clearly 


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And  the  bird  from  tKe  plant 

very  probably  grew. 
Vou  can  easily  tell  them  apart 

without  (ail, 
By  merely  observing  the    Rue 

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Tte  Parrot  The  ti 


The  Parrot  and  the  Carrot  we  may 

easily  confound, 
They're  very  much  ali^e  in.  looks 

and  similar  in  sound, 
We  recognize  the  Parrot  by  his 

dear  articulation, 
por  Carrots  are  unable  to  ensase 

in  conversation. 

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To  tell  l\ve  Pewee  $vom  Vhe  pea, 
Requires  sreat  per-spi-cac-Uy. 
Here  in  the  pod  we  see  the  pea, 
While  perched  close  by  is  the  peuiee; 
The  pea  he  hears  the  Pewee  peep, 
While  pewee  sees  the  wee  Pea  weep. 
There'll  be  but  little  time  to  see, 
How  pewee  dtfters  Jrom  the  Pea. 

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The  Panicle  and  Pelican 
Have  often  been  confused; 
The  letters  which  spell  pelican 
In  "Panicle  are  used. 
You  never  need  confound  the  two, 
There  are  many  ways  oj  telling; 
The  simplest  thing  that  one  can  do, 
Is  to  observe  the  spelling. 


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The  Lichens  lie  on  rocks  and  bark, 

They  look  somewhat  like  Hens: 
Hens  lay,  they  tie, we  may  remark, 
A  difference  of  tense. 


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To  recognize  this  Bird- of -Prey, 
The  broody  Hen  you  should  survey: 
She  takes  her  Chicks  on  daily  u/alKs, 

Among  the  neigh boring  Hollyhocks, 
While  with  the  Hawk  association, 
Is  quite  beyond  her  toleration. 

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Growins  in  mires,  in  sold  attired, 
The  Cowslip  has  been  much  admired, 
/Mho'  its  proper  name,  were  told, 
Is  reaUu  the  Marsh  Marigold; 
The  Cow  Bird  picture,  I  suspect, 
Is  absolutely    incorrect, 
We  make  such  errors  now  and  then, 
A  sort  of  cow  slip  oj  the  pen. 

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The  Sparrow,  iron  Hums, is  Quite 
r  3      oiro)  breath, 

In  jact  he  has  worKea  himself 

almost  to  death, 
While  the  lazy  Asparagus,— 

-so  it  is  said,- 

Spends  all  of  his  time  in  the 

•'spara^us  bed. 

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Tte  Tern.    7fe  Twfrnif> 

To  tell  the' Turnip  from  the  Tern, 
/L  thins  which  everyone  should  learn, 
Observe  the  Tern  up  in  the  air, 
See  "hou/  he  turns,- and  now  compare 
Him  unth  this  inert  vegetable, 
Who  thus  to  tarn  is  cjuite  unable,        ! 
por  he  is  rooted  to  the   Spot,  ; 

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While  as  we  see  the  Tern  is  not: 
He  'is  not  always  doomed  to  be 
Thus  hound,  to  earth  e-tenvaUj/, 

for  "Cooked  to  a  turn  may  be  inferred, 
o  change  the  Turnip  to  Ine  Bird. 


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Observe  the  Turnip  in  the  pot, 
The  Tern  is  ,?lad  that  he  is  not! 


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The  Gander  loves  to  promenade 
/Iround  the  jarmers  poultry-yard, 
WhUe,as  u/e  see,  the  Oleander 
Is  quite  unable  to  meander. 


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The  Blue  Mountain  Lory  spends  most 

of  His  time  # 
In  climbing  about  in  a  tropical  clime; 
We  therefore  out*  efforts  need  only 

confine,. 
To  minutelu  observing  the  climb 

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The  teli 


The  California  Quail  is  said 

To  have  a  taif  upon  his  head,* 
While  contrary-wise  u/e  sti/le  the  J^le, 
ft  cabbage  head  upon  a  tail. 

It  is  not  hard  to  tell  the  two. 
The  Puail  commences  u/ith  a  queue. 


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The  Pecan.  The  Toucam 

Very  £eu»  can 
TeU  the  Toucan 
From  the  Pecan  - 
Here's  a  new  plan: 
To  take  the  Toucan  from  the  tree, 
Requires   im-mense  agil-i-tee, 
White  anu  one  can  pick  with  ease 
The  pecans  ^romthe  Pecan  trees: 
It's  suck  an  easy  thins  to  do. 
That  even  the  Toucan  he  can  too. 

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We  seldom  meet,  u/hen  out  to  walk, 
Cither  the  Orchid  or  the  Auk; 
The  Auk  indeed  is  only  known 
To  dwellers  in  the  Auktic  lone, 
While  Orchids  can  be  Joun  din  legions, 
Within  the  equatorial  regions. 
The  graceful  Orchid  on  its  stalk, 
Resembles  so  the  auk-ward  .fluk; 


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'Tis  plain  u/e  must  some  means 

discover, 

ToteU  the  tuio  (prom  one  another: 
The  obvious  difterence,  to  be  sure, 
Is  merely  one  o\  temperature. 


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For  Eskimos  ,perhaps,ttie  Auk 
Performs  the  duties  oj  the  Stork. 


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.TbaCiit-bird.  ■  The  Cflt-nlp. 

The  Cat- birds  call  resembles  that, 

Emitted  by  the    pussy   Cat, 
While  Cat-mp,srouuns  by  the  u/all, 
Is  never  hnoum  to  caterwaul: 
Its  odor  though  attracts  the  Kits, 
JKnd  throws  them  in  Catniption  Jits. 


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Tte  Ibis.  TtelbiM 


The  sacred  Ibis  tetts  his  beads, 
>tad  gravely  from  his  prayer-book  reads; 
The  Ibis  merfore  we  may  say , 
Is  classified  a  bird-o/-pretj . 
Ibiscus  we  havejieard  related, 
The  "Crimson-Eye"  is  designated; 
Their  difference  is  plain  indeed  , 
The  flower  is  red,the  bird  can  read. 

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Tib©  ©8rtter-b«n.  The  Btt«ter-©Mp. 

TheltfueMter-cup  can  sins, 
From  morn  'til  night  line  anuthins; 
The  quacking  of  the  Batter-baU, 
Cannot  be  called  a  song  at  all. 
We  thus  the  jlou/er  may  learn  to  fyioui, 
Its  song  is  reproduced  belou/. 


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TheBlue-Jay.as  we  plainly  see, 
Resembles  much  the  §reet)  Bay  tree: 
The  difference  between  the  two, 
Is  ob-i/L-ous-ly  one  of  hue. 
Thoueh  this  is  not  the  only  u/ay, 
To  tell  the  Blue -day  from  the  Bay . 


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Observe  the  common  Indian  pipe, 
Likewise  the  high-bred  English  Snipe; 
Who  is  distingui$hed,as  we  see, 

By  his  superior  pedigree. 


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Observe >iou;  peacefully  the  Cows 
/Imons  the  little  Shamrocks  browse, 
In  contrast  u/itK  their  actions  frantic 
When  they  perceive  the  Roc  sisantic; 
We  need,  but  u/atcH  their  occupation. 
/W  seeK  no  other  explanation. 


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The  Lark. 


The  Larkspurs  likeness  to  the  Lark 

Is  surely  worthy  of  remark, 
Although  to  see  it  u/e  require 
The  aid  of  a  smalt  magnifier, 
Which  circumstance  of  course  implies, 
Their  dijjerence  is  one  of  size. 


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Upon  this  cate  of  ice  is  perched 
The  paddle-footed  fujin: 
To  jind  his  double  we  have 

Searched, 
But  have  discovered  -  Nufjin  I 


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.Authors  -flpolosy. 

Not  every  one  is  alu/aijs  able 
To  recognize  a  vegetable , 

For  some  are  guided  bu  tradition, 
While  others  use  their  intuition, 
/Ind  even  I  make  no  pretense 
Oj  having  more  than  common  sense; 
Indeed  these  strange  homologies 
Are  in  most    flormthologies, 
And  I  have  freely  drawn  upon 
The  works  oj  Gra^  and  Audubon, 
Avoiding  though  the  Jrequent  blunders 
0$  those  who  studu  Nature's  wonders. 


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